Trustworthy peripheral transfer of ownership

ABSTRACT

Systems and techniques for trustworthy peripheral transfer of ownership are described herein. A unique peripheral identifier may be received from an ownership manifest of the peripheral device. The unique peripheral identifier may be transferred to a bus controller for a bus between the computing device and the peripheral device. A measurement may be received from the peripheral device by the basic input and output system of the computing device. A measurement of a computing platform of the computing device may be generated. The measurement may indicate peripheral devices interconnected to the computing device. Data transfer between the peripheral device and the computing device may be allowed via the bus based on validation of the measurement of the computing platform against a platform configuration register of the computing device.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments described herein generally relate to secure peripheraldevice onboarding and, in some embodiments, more specifically totrustworthy peripheral transfer of ownership.

BACKGROUND

A computing device may interact with a variety of peripheral devicessuch as printers, sensor devices, mobile devices, etc. The computingdevice may be interconnected with the peripheral device via a wiredconnection (e.g., universal serial bus, etc.) or may be connected via awireless connection (e.g., 802.11x wireless network, etc.). Internet ofthings (IoT) devices may be dispersed throughout an environment in whichthe computing device operates and may interact with the computing devicevia wireless network. IoT devices may be dispersed some distance fromwhere the computing device operates making it difficult to identifywhich IoT peripherals are connected to the computing device. This mayprovide opportunity for compromising the computing device by presentinga rouge IoT device for connection to the computing device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like numeralsmay describe similar components in different views. Like numerals havingdifferent letter suffixes may represent different instances of similarcomponents. The drawings illustrate generally, by way of example, butnot by way of limitation, various embodiments discussed in the presentdocument.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an example of a system for onboarding aperipheral device with a computing device for trustworthy peripheraltransfer of ownership, according an embodiment.

FIG. 2 illustrates a flow diagram of an example of a process ofperipheral and computing device identifier exchange for trustworthyperipheral transfer of ownership, according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 illustrates a flow diagram of an example of a platform statevalidation process for trustworthy peripheral transfer of ownership,according to an embodiment.

FIG. 4 illustrates a flow diagram of an example of a challenge-responsevalidation process for trustworthy peripheral transfer of ownership,according to an embodiment.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a method for implementing trustworthyperipheral transfer of ownership in a computing device, according to anembodiment.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a method for implementing trustworthyperipheral transfer of ownership in a peripheral device, according to anembodiment.

FIG. 7 illustrates a drawing of a cloud-computing network, or cloud, incommunication with a number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a machine uponwhich one or more embodiments may be implemented.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In internet of things (IoT) trusted computing, it is becomingincreasingly important to help protect systems and data from maliciousattacks and adversaries. Several standardization efforts are underway ordefined to address the issue of malicious attacks in IoT computingsystems. One way to protect systems and data is to trust peripheraldevices (e.g., sensors, actuators, etc.) connected to a physicalplatform over a bus/interconnect and associated data transferred overthe bus/interconnect. The techniques and systems discussed hereinpresent a novel mechanism to establish trustworthiness of peripheralsduring initial device onboarding leveraging secure device onboardingsemantics via system firmware (e.g., basic input/output system (BIOS),unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI), etc.) and trusted platformmodule (TPM) measurements in order to ensure that only authorizedperipherals are attached to the system and data emanating from thoseperipherals can be trusted. While TPM is used in the examples provided,other modules and secure frameworks may be used to collect and reportconfiguration status such as, for example, a mobile trusted module(MTM), Trusted Computing Group (TCG) device identifier compositionengine (DICE) module, etc.

Traditional secure input/output (I/O) focuses on a trusted path betweena peripheral device and a trusted execution environment which mayinvolve a proprietary and dedicated hardware path that exists betweenthem. Alternatively, the peripheral embeds some type of hardwareanchored secret over a conventional interface over which the peripheraldevice may be onboarded and keys may be established between them. Bothmechanisms described above have disadvantages when it comes to cost andlabor involved to enable those solutions and may not lead to anindustrial open standard.

The techniques and systems discussed herein include a mechanism in whicha peripheral device may be onboarded using an identifier such as, forexample, an enhanced privacy identification (EPID) identifier, TCG DICEidentifier, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)802.11AR identifier, and other identifiers based on asymmetric keys, andleveraging secure device onboarding primitives in order for the platformto take ownership of the peripheral device connected to a computingdevice over some bus fabric (e.g., inter-integrated circuit (I2C),peripheral component interconnect express (PCI-e), etc.). The platformmay in turn possess a device identifier wherein the platform may beonboarded into a domain or network controlled by a network owner oruser. For example, the platform may be onboarded to a domain directorystructure and may be provided an identifier during onboarding toidentify the platform with the domain directory structure. Peripheralsonboarded to the platform may be identified as owned by the platform andmay inherit ownership from the network owner or user.

In an example, the system firmware takes the role of the secure deviceonboarding entity to onboard a peripheral device with the TPM assistingin creating a unique fingerprint of the current system configuration(e.g, the connected peripherals and their respective unique identifier).The system configuration may later be asserted remotely (e.g., viaremote attestation through comparison to a known good configurationfingerprint) to ensure correct operation of the system. This may guardagainst malicious attacks and non-malicious operational errors byverifying that the current configuration state matches a known goodconfiguration state.

After the computing device is configured as an owner of the peripheraldevice, the peripheral device may authenticate to the computing deviceand vice versa using protocols (e.g., IEEE standard 1667 or TCG Opal,etc.) for peripheral access before data is read to/written from theperipheral device.

Extending secure device onboarding technology to enable secureonboarding of peripherals and measuring the system state for remoteattestation via measurements helps to enable progress towards zero-touchonboarding with increased security and trusted computing standards.Rogue peripherals, including those that masquerade as different devicetypes to avoid detection may be detected by the computing device anddenied access to load/enumerate to the system firmware. These featuresmay be implemented across platforms without utilizing proprietarycomponents.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an example of a system 100 for onboarding(e.g., initial owner configuration, ownership-transfer, etc.) aperipheral device 136 with a computing device 114 for trustworthyperipheral transfer of ownership, according to an embodiment.

The system 100 may include a peripheral device 136 that may be producedby a manufacturer 102. At manufacturing, a manifest 104 may be createdand included (e.g., embedded in a memory device, in a chip, programmed,etc.) in the peripheral device 136. During manufacturing, a manufacturer102 ownership record 106 may be created in the manifest 104 thatincludes a universally unique identifier (UUID) of the manufacturer 102.The peripheral device 136 may be issued identifier (ID) (e.g., EPIDidentifier, TCG DICE identifier, IEEE 802.11AR identifier, etc.) key 140and a UUID that may be embedded in a secure memory device 138. Theperipheral device 136 may include a peripheral controller 144, aperipheral secure device onboarding agent 142, a restrictedtransactional memory (RTM) agent 146, and a peripheral device 136 bus148.

The computing device 114 may include a variety of components operatingin hardware and software layers. The computing device 114 may include anapplications and services software layer 116 that may include acomputing device 114 secure device onboarding agent 118. The computingdevice 114 may include an operating system software layer 120 that mayinclude instructions for providing user interfaces and hardwareinteroperability and control. A platform configuration register (PCR)122 may be interconnected between the application and services softwarelayer 116 and the operating system software layer 120 to record (e.g.,measure, etc.) configuration states of the software layers. Thecomputing device 114 may include a trusted execution environment 132that may include a firmware trusted platform module (TPM) 134, andinput/output (IO) controller 130, system firmware (e.g., basicinput/output system (BIOS), unified extensible firmware interface(UEFI), etc.) 126 that may include a system firmware 126 secured deviceonboarding and rendezvous server 128, and a computing device 114 bus124. The peripheral device 136 bus 148 and the computing device 114 bus124 may operate according to various device interconnection protocolssuch as, for example, IEEE 1667, TCG Opal, etc.

Traditionally, the peripheral device 136 may be a printer, scanner, orother device connected to the computing device 114. As technology hasprogressed, peripheral devices have expanded to include sensor devicessuch as temperature sensors, security devices, fingerprint scanners, andother devices connected to a computing platform such as those operatingin IoT networks and beyond. Thus, the peripheral device 136 may be atraditional peripheral device or a modern peripheral device operating inan IoT network or other network computing platform. Likewise, thecomputing device 114 may be operating in an IoT network or other networkcomputing platform.

During onboarding of the peripheral device 136, the system firmware 126performs secure device onboarding operations from the perspective of thecomputing device 114. The peripheral device 136 uses its ID key 140 tosign its UUID and sends the signed UUID 150 to the computing device 114secure onboarding agent 118 via the peripheral secure device onboardingagent 142. The UUID may be retrieved from the manifest 104 and may beembedded in the secure memory device 138. The computing device 114 mayreceive a unique peripheral identifier from the manifest 104 of theperipheral device 136. In an example, the unique peripheral identifieris signed with a key of the peripheral device 136. The unique peripheralidentifier may be transferred to a bus controller for a bus between thecomputing device 114 bus 124 and the peripheral device 136 bus 148.

For example, the system firmware 126 may act as a rendezvous server 128as the bus interconnect is used as the data transport between theperipheral device 136 bus 148 and the computing device 114 bus 124.During device onboarding, the peripheral device 136 may assert that thecomputing device 114 is legitimate because the computing device 114 islisted (e.g., as a record, etc.) in the manifest 104 that has beensigned throughout the supply chain (e.g., a public key of the computingdevice 114 has been signed). The computing device 114 secure deviceonboarding agent 118 may communicate 152 with the computing device 114bus 124 to verify the identity of the peripheral device 136 beforeexchanging data over the bus interconnect. The computing device 114 mayassert that the peripheral device 136 is legitimate based on the UUID ofthe peripheral device 136 identified in the manifest 104.

For example, the manifest 104 may be signed by the manufacturer 102 ofthe peripheral device 136 at the time of manufacture resulting in thecreation of a manufacturer 102 ownership record 106. A record may begenerated in the manifest 104 each time an ownership transfer iscompleted. For example, ownership may be transferred from themanufacturer 102 to Owner 1 and the transfer may be recorded in a firstownership transfer record 108. Subsequently, ownership of the peripheraldevice 136 may be transferred from Owner 1 to Owner 2 which may berecorded in a second ownership transfer record 110 in the manifest 104.Owner 2 may configure the peripheral device 136 to interconnect with thecomputing device 114 and a third ownership transfer record 112 mayrecord ownership by the computing device 114.

As part of device onboarding, the computing device 114 may assign acomputing device-specific UUID value (e.g., device-UUID) that may beused to identify the peripheral device 136 during its tenure as aperipheral of the computing device 114. If the peripheral device 136 isremoved at some point from the computing device 114 and inserted intoanother computing device (e.g., a computing device other than computingdevice 114), the other computing device may establish its own computingdevice-specific UUID (e.g., device-UUID2) that is revealed to the othercomputing device when challenged.

A site owner or other administrator may designate which computingdevices may be configured as owners of the peripheral device 136 bysigning a PC1_key and a PC2_key and adding the keys to the manifest 104.This may act as proof that the peripheral device 136 belongs to thecomputing device 114. Based on verified ownership of the peripheraldevice 136 and other peripherals that have been onboarded, the systemfirmware 126 may perform a set TPM measurements (e.g., using thefirmware TPM 134) based on TPM_Extend( ) using the unique UUID of theperipheral device 136 and the other onboarded peripherals.

The computing device 114 may be issued a local key during onboardingwith a domain, network, server, etc. The peripheral device 136 maygenerate a local asymmetric key which may include a hash of theperipheral device 136 firmware. The local asymmetric key may be used tosign the UUID of the peripheral device 136 as part of a certificatesigning request (CSR) message that is sent to the computing device 114.

The computing device 114 may use a local key that was previously issuedto the computing device 114 by the site owner (e.g., network/domainowner, server agent, etc.). The local key may be used to sign the UUIDof the peripheral device 136 received in the certificate signing requestestablishing a cryptographic signature chain linking the peripheraldevice 136 to the computing device 114. By extension the signatureestablishes that the peripheral device 136 is also owned by the siteowner by way of the computing device 114 (e.g., based on the local keyof the computing device 114 being issued by the site owner.

It may be considered as part of the key provisioning step that thecomputing device 114 may provision a whitelist of other computing device114 UUIDs or site owner trust anchor (e.g., a public key hash, etc.)that is provisioned to the peripheral device 136 so as to establish aset of alternative computing devices with which the peripheral device136 may be successfully onboarded. Therefore, it is possible for theperipheral device 136 to be shared across multiple computing devices orplatforms of the same (or different) domain wherein ownership of thecomputing device 114 or platform is previously established.

FIG. 2 illustrates a flow diagram 200 of an example of a process ofperipheral and computing device identifier exchange for trustworthyperipheral transfer of ownership, according to an embodiment.

At operation 205, a UUID of the peripheral device 136 signed using theID key 140 of the peripheral device 136 may be obtained. The signedperipheral UUID may be compared to the UUID for the peripheral device136 included in a record in the manifest 104 at operation 210. If theUUID is validated at decision 215, the UUID of the computing device 114may be transferred to the peripheral device 136 (e.g., to be entered asan owner record in the manifest 104). If the UUID of the peripheraldevice 136 is not validated at decision 215, onboarding of theperipheral device 136 is denied at operation 220. The UUID exchangeprocess ends at operation 235.

In an example, policies may be used to identify peripheral devices thatmay and may not be onboarded to the computing device 114. For example,peripheral onboarding lists such as a blacklist including peripheraldevices (e.g., device types, specific devices, particular deviceconfigurations, etc.) that may not be onboarded, a whitelist includingperipheral devices that are allowed to be onboarded to the computingdevice 114, and a gray list (a physical list or a virtual list)including peripheral devices that are neither allowed nor denied may bemaintained for the computing device 114. If a peripheral device (e.g.,peripheral device 136, etc.) is denied at decision 225, the processcontinues to operation 220 and onboarding of the device will be denied.If a peripheral device (e.g., peripheral device 136, etc.) is allowed atdecision 225, the process continues at operation 230 and the UUID of thecomputing device 114 will be transferred to the peripheral device (e.g.,peripheral device 136, etc.).

In an example, the policies may include rules for onboarding gray listperipheral devices. If a peripheral device (e.g., peripheral device 136,etc.) is determined to be a gray list device at decision 225, anotification may be transmitted to a user interface of a user or anadministrator to determine whether the peripheral device (e.g.,peripheral device 136, etc.) should be allowed to onboard with thecomputing device 114. In other examples, a decision tree or otherdecision-making facility may be used to automatically determine whethera gray list device should be allowed to onboard with the computingdevice 114.

Returning to the description of FIG. 1, when the peripheral device 136is enumerated by the system firmware 126 or other firmware as part ofsystem power on or reset, the RTM agent 146 of the peripheral device 136measures the peripheral firmware (which may include measurable parts ofthe peripheral secure device onboarding agent 142). The RTM Agent 146 istrusted to compute a measurement because its measurement logic isembedded in the secure memory device 138 of the peripheral device 136along with the UUID of the peripheral device 136. In some embodiments ofthe UUID, the firmware measurement may be used to generate the UUID sothat a binding exists between the UUID and the firmware that is specificto the type of device/peripheral being tracked. As part of peripheraldevice 136 enumeration, the ID key 140 is used to sign the measurementproduced by the RTM Agent 146 which is sent 154 to the system firmware126 secured device onboarding and rendezvous server 128 of the computingdevice 114.

A measurement may be received from the peripheral device 136 by thesystem firmware 126 of the computing device 114. A measurement of acomputing platform of the computing device 114 may be generated. Themeasurement may indicate peripheral devices, such as peripheral device136, interconnected to the computing device 114.

TPM_Extend extends the system firmware 126/Bootloader/OS kernelmeasurement with either additional measurements or new measurements. Forexample, if the current measurement is Mp, and there are peripherals,s1, s2, . . . sn, the peripherals may provide their own uniqueidentifier based on UUID over the bus/interconnect type (e.g., i2c,block transfer, PCI, USB, etc.), the UUIDs may be id1, id2, . . . idn.All the measurements up to p have been rooted in the firmware TPM 134since the system firmware 126 initial boot block (IBB) measurement, thenext measurement, for s1, would be denoted Mp+1, and would be calculatedas: Mp+1=TPM_Extend (Mp, SHA-256(id1)). The measurement would continueto be extended for each additional peripheral for example,Mp+2=TPM_Extend (M+1, SHA-256(id2)); . . . ; Mp+n=TPM_Extend(Mp+n,SHA-256(idn)). This may result in the generation of a new golden valuefor the extended measurement after each peripheral is onboarded.

In an example, an initial boot block measurement may be generated forthe computing platform of the computing device 114. The initial bootblock measurement may be extended using a measurement from theperipheral device 136. The measurement of the computing platform may bethe extended initial hoot block measurement. In an example, the initialboot block measurement may be generated by a trusted platform module ofthe computing device 114.

The resulting golden value (e.g., known good, etc.) of the measurementsperformed by the TPM 134 may be used to identify a trusted system state(e.g., verified as a valid configuration, etc.), as far as connectedperipherals is concerned. This enables for remote attestation use-casesof the system to ensure it is compliant to defined policies, such as,for example, making sure that certain/any additional peripherals are notbeing used, peripherals a not being replaced or otherwise tampered with,etc. The system firmware 126 logs these measurements into an event log(e.g., a TCG event log, etc.). A remote server 158 may retrieve a PCRvalue from the PCR 122 and may consult the event log to securelydetermine the active peripherals on the platform. The TPM measurementsare extended up to the operating system and services through the PCR122. To maintain the trustworthiness of peripherals detected aftersystem boot, the operating system software layer 120 kernel may extendthe PCR values when a new peripheral device is detected and may initiateremote attestation with the remote server 158.

In an example, a platform configuration value may be retrieved from aremote attestation server (e.g., remote server 158). The currentmeasurement of the computing platform may be compared to the retrievedplatform configuration value. The current measurement of the computingplatform may be validated based on the comparison and the data transferbetween the computing device 114 and the peripheral device 136 may beallowed, at least in part, based on the validation.

FIG. 3 illustrates a flow diagram 300 of an example of a platform statevalidation process for trustworthy peripheral transfer of ownership,according to an embodiment.

At operation 305, a signed peripheral firmware measurement may bereceived. The received peripheral firmware measurement may be used inmeasuring the current platform state (e.g by the PCR 122) of thecomputing device 114. The current platform state may be compared to agolden value for the computing device 114. If the current platform stateis validated at decision 315, data transfer may be allowed between thecomputing device 114 and the peripheral device 136 at operation 325. Ifthe current platform state is not validated at decision 315, datatransfer between the computing device 114 and the peripheral device 136may be denied. The platform state validation process ends at operation330

In an example, remote attestation may be used to validate the currentplatform state of the computing device 114. The signed peripheralfirmware measurement (or the calculated current platform state includingthe peripheral firmware measurement) may be sent to a remote attestationserver am operation 335. The golden value for the computing device 114stored at the remote attestation server may be compared to the currentplatform state at operation 310 and the process continues as previouslydescribed at decision 315.

Returning to the description of FIG. 1, after onboarding, the peripheraldevice 136 may have one or more computing device-specific UUID valuesthat are used to identify the peripheral device 136 to the computingdevice 114 (and other computing devices if it has been onboarded bymultiple computing devices). The UUID of the computing device 114 may besigned by the ID key 140 along with a challenge nonce that the IQcontroller 130 may supply over a peripheral authentication channel 156such as, for example, IEEE 1667 or TCG OPAL. The IO controller 130 mayauthenticate the peripheral device 136 to determine that it has beenpreviously verified by the computing device 114. The peripheral device136 may support multiple owner computing devices by maintaining multipledevice_UUID values in the manifest 104, one for each owner computingdevice. A policy may specify whether or not the computing device 114will allow another computing device to be an owner. Policy and physicalresources may limit the number of computing devices that may be ownersof the peripheral device 136.

Data transfer may be allowed between the peripheral device 136 and thecomputing device 114 via the bus interconnect based on validation of themeasurement of the computing platform against the platform configurationregister 122 of the computing device 114. In an example, a challengeresponse may be transmitted to the peripheral device 136 using anauthentication protocol of the computing device 114 bus 124. And thedata transfer may be allowed based in part on validation of a challengeresponse received from the peripheral device 136.

FIG. 4 illustrates a flow diagram 400 of an example of achallenge-response validation process for trustworthy peripheraltransfer of ownership, according to an embodiment.

At operation 405, a challenge message may be transmitted to theperipheral device 136. For example, a UUID of the computing device 114signed with the ID key 140 of the peripheral device 136 may betransmitted to the peripheral device 136 along with a challenge nonce. Aresponse to the challenge message may be received from the peripheraldevice 136 at operation 410. If the challenge response is validated atoperation 415, data transfer between the computing device 114 and theperipheral device 136 may be allowed at operation 425. If the challengeresponse is not validated at operation 415, data transfer between thecomputing device 114 and the peripheral device 136 may be denied atoperation 420. The process ends at operation 430.

Returning to the description of FIG. 1, the components describedabove—such as the manifest 104, the computing device 114, the computingdevice 114 secure device onboarding agent 118, the PCR 122, thecomputing device 114 bus 124, the system firmware 126, the systemfirmware 126 secured device onboarding and rendezvous server 128, the IOcontroller 130, trusted execution environment 132, the TPM 134, thesecure memory device 138, the peripheral device 136, the peripheraldevice 136 secure device onboarding agent 142, the peripheral controller144, the RTM agent 146, the peripheral device 136 bus 148, and theremote server 158—are structural elements to implement the describedtechniques. However, one of ordinary skill will readily understand thatthere are a variety of means to perform these techniques in addition tothese examples.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a method 500 for implementingtrustworthy peripheral transfer of ownership in a computing device,according to an embodiment. The method 500 may provide features asdescribed in FIGS. 1-4.

A unique peripheral identifier may be received from an ownershipmanifest of the peripheral device (e.g., at operation 505). In anexample, the unique peripheral identifier is signed with a key of theperipheral device. The unique peripheral identifier may be transferredto a bus controller for a bus between the computing device and theperipheral device (e.g., at operation 510). In an example, the busoperates according to protocols of an Institute of Electrical andElectronics Engineers (IEEE) 1667 standard or a Trusted Computing Group(TCG) Opal standard.

A measurement may be received from the peripheral device by the basicinput and output system of the computing device (e.g., at operation515). A measurement of a computing platform of the computing device maybe generated (e.g., at operation 520). The measurement may indicateperipheral devices interconnected to the computing device. In anexample, an initial boot block measurement may be generated for thecomputing platform of the computing device. The initial boot blockmeasurement may be extended using a measurement from the peripheraldevice and the measurement of the computing platform may be the extendedinitial boot block measurement. In an example, the initial boot blockmeasurement is generated by a trusted platform module of the computingdevice.

Data transfer may be allowed between the peripheral device and thecomputing device via the bus based on validation of the measurement ofthe computing platform against a platform configuration register of thecomputing device (e.g., at operation 525). In an example, a challengeresponse may be transmitted to the peripheral device using anauthentication protocol of the bus and the data transfer may be allowedin part based on validation of a challenge response received from theperipheral device.

In an example, a platform configuration value may be retrieved from aremote attestation server. The current measurement of the computingplatform may be compared to the retrieved platform configuration value.The current measurement of the computing platform may be validated basedon the comparison and the data transfer may be allowed at least in partbased on the validation.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a method 600 for implementingtrustworthy peripheral transfer of ownership in a peripheral device,according to an embodiment. The method 600 may provide features asdescribed in FIGS. 1-5.

An ownership manifest may be embedded in the peripheral device (e.g., atoperation 605). The manifest may include owner identities andcorresponding key values. In an example, the ownership manifest may beembedded during manufacturing. In an example, a unique identifier of amanufacturer of the peripheral device may be written to the manifestduring manufacturing. In an example, unique identifiers of each owner ofthe peripheral device may be written to the manifest through a supplychain between the manufacturer and the current owner.

The peripheral may be onboarded to a computing device by writing aunique identifier of the computing device in the ownership manifest(e.g., at operation 610). In an example, the unique identifier of thecomputing device may be signed using a certificate of the peripheraldevice when writing the unique identifier of the computing device to themanifest. A unique peripheral identifier may be transmitted to thecomputing device (e.g., at operation 615). In an example, the uniqueperipheral identifier may be transferred to a secure onboarding agent ofthe computing device during onboarding.

Data transfer may be allowed between the peripheral device and thecomputing device via a bus based on validation of the unique identifierof the computing device and a measurement of the unique peripheralidentifier of the peripheral device (e.g., at operation 620). In anexample, the measurement of the unique peripheral identifier isgenerated by a trusted measurement agent of the peripheral device. In anexample, validation of the unique identifier of the computing device mayinclude receipt of the unique identifier of the computing device via anauthentication protocol of the bus and verification that the receivedunique identifier of the computing device matches the unique identifierof the computing device stored in the manifest.

FIG. 7 illustrates a drawing of a cloud-computing network, or cloud 700,in communication with a number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Thecloud 700 may represent the Internet, or may be a local area network(LAN), or a wide area network (WAN), such as a proprietary network for acompany. The IoT devices may include any number of different types ofdevices, grouped in various combinations. For example, a traffic controlgroup 706 may include IoT devices along streets in a city. These IoTdevices may include stoplights, traffic flow monitors, cameras, weathersensors, and the like. The traffic control group 706, or othersubgroups, may be in communication with the cloud 700 through wired orwireless links 708, such as LPWA links, optical links, and the like.Further, a wired or wireless sub-network 712 may enable the IoT devicesto communicate with each other, such as through a local area network, awireless local area network, and the like. The IoT devices may useanother device, such as a gateway 710 or 728 to communicate with remotelocations such as the cloud 700; the IoT devices may also use one ormore servers 730 to facilitate communication with the cloud 700 or withthe gateway 710. For example, the one or more servers 730 may operate asan intermediate network node to support a local edge cloud or fogimplementation among a local area network. Further, the gateway 728 thatis depicted may operate in a cloud-to-gateway-to-many edge devicesconfiguration, such as with the various IoT devices 714, 720, 724 beingconstrained or dynamic to an assignment and use of resources in thecloud 700.

Other example groups of IoT devices may include remote weather stations714, local information terminals 716, alarm systems 718, automatedteller machines 720, alarm panels 722, or moving vehicles, such asemergency vehicles 724 or other vehicles 726, among many others. Each ofthese IoT devices may be in communication with other IoT devices, withservers 704, with another IoT fog device or system (not shown, butdepicted in FIG. 1), or a combination therein. The groups of IoT devicesmay be deployed in various residential, commercial, and industrialsettings (including in either private or public environments).

As may be seen from FIG. 7, a large number of IoT devices may becommunicating through the cloud 700. This may enable different IoTdevices to request or provide information to other devices autonomously.For example, a group of IoT devices (e.g., the traffic control group706) may request a current weather forecast from a group of remoteweather stations 714, which may provide the forecast without humanintervention. Further, an emergency vehicle 724 may be alerted by anautomated teller machine 720 that a burglary is in progress. As theemergency vehicle 724 proceeds towards the automated teller machine 720,it may access the traffic control group 706 to request clearance to thelocation, for example, by lights turning red to block cross traffic atan intersection in sufficient time for the emergency vehicle 724 to haveunimpeded access to the intersection.

Clusters of IoT devices, such as the remote weather stations 714 or thetraffic control group 706, may be equipped to communicate with other IoTdevices as well as with the cloud 700. This may enable the IoT devicesto form an ad-hoc network between the devices, enabling them to functionas a single device, which may be termed a fog device or system (e.g., asdescribed above with reference to FIG. 1).

FIG. 8 illustrates a block diagram of an example machine 800 upon whichany one or more of the techniques (e.g., methodologies) discussed hereinmay perform. In alternative embodiments, the machine 800 may operate asa standalone device or may be connected (e.g., networked) to othermachines. In a networked deployment, the machine 800 may operate in thecapacity of a server machine, a client machine, or both in server-clientnetwork environments. In an example, the machine 800 may act as a peermachine in peer-to-peer (P2P) (or other distributed) networkenvironment. The machine 800 may be a personal computer (PC), a tabletPC, a set-top box (STB), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobiletelephone, a web appliance, a network router, switch or bridge, or anymachine capable of executing instructions (sequential or otherwise) thatspecify actions to be taken by that machine. Further, while only asingle machine is illustrated, the term “machine” shall also be taken toinclude any collection of machines that individually or jointly executea set (or multiple sets) of instructions to perform any one or more ofthe methodologies discussed herein, such as cloud computing, software asa service (SaaS), other computer cluster configurations.

Examples, as described herein, may include, or may operate by, logic ora number of components, or mechanisms. Circuit sets are a collection ofcircuits implemented in tangible entities that include hardware (e.g.,simple circuits, gates, logic, etc.). Circuit set membership may beflexible over time and underlying hardware variability. Circuit setsinclude members that may, alone or in combination, perform specifiedoperations when operating. In an example, hardware of the circuit setmay be immutably designed to carry out a specific operation (e.g.,hardwired). In an example, the hardware of the circuit set may includevariably connected physical components (e.g., execution units,transistors, simple circuits, etc.) including a computer readable mediumphysically modified (e.g., magnetically, electrically, moveableplacement of invariant massed particles, etc.) to encode instructions ofthe specific operation. In connecting the physical components, theunderlying electrical properties of a hardware constituent are changed,for example, from an insulator to a conductor or vice versa. Theinstructions enable embedded hardware (e.g., the execution units or aloading mechanism) to create members of the circuit set in hardware viathe variable connections to carry out portions of the specific operationwhen in operation. Accordingly, the computer readable medium iscommunicatively coupled to the other components of the circuit setmember when the device is operating. In an example, any of the physicalcomponents may be used in more than one member of more than one circuitset. For example, under operation, execution units may be used in afirst circuit of a first circuit set at one point in time and reused bya second circuit in the first circuit set, or by a third circuit in asecond circuit set at a different time.

Machine (e.g., computer system) 800 may include a hardware processor 802(e.g., a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit(GPU), a hardware processor core, or any combination thereof), a mainmemory 804 and a static memory 806, some or all of which may communicatewith each other via an interlink (e.g., bus) 808. The machine 800 mayfurther include a display unit 810, an alphanumeric input device 812(e.g., a keyboard), and a user interface (UI) navigation device 814(e.g., a mouse). In an example, the display unit 810, input device 812and UI navigation device 814 may be a touch screen display. The machine800 may additionally include a storage device (e.g., drive unit) 816, asignal generation device 818 (e.g., a speaker), a network interfacedevice 820, and one or more sensors 821, such as a global positioningsystem (GPS) sensor, compass, accelerometer, or other sensors. Themachine 800 may include an output controller 828, such as a serial(e.g., universal serial bus (USB), parallel, or other wired or wireless(e.g., infrared (IR), near field communication (NFC), etc.) connectionto communicate or control one or more peripheral devices (e.g., aprinter, card reader, etc.).

The storage device 816 may include a machine readable medium 822 onwhich is stored one or more sets of data structures or instructions 824(e.g., software) embodying or utilized by any one or more of thetechniques or functions described herein. The instructions 824 may alsoreside, completely or at least partially, within the main memory 804,within static memory 806, or within the hardware processor 802 duringexecution thereof by the machine 800. In an example, one or anycombination of the hardware processor 802, the main memory 804, thestatic memory 806, or the storage device 816 may constitute machinereadable media.

While the machine readable medium 822 is illustrated as a single medium,the term “machine readable medium” may include a single medium ormultiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, and/orassociated caches and servers) configured to store the one or moreinstructions 824.

The term “machine readable medium” may include any medium that iscapable of storing, encoding, or carrying instructions for execution bythe machine 800 and that cause the machine 800 to perform any one ormore of the techniques of the present disclosure, or that is capable ofstoring, encoding or carrying data structures used by or associated withsuch instructions. Non-limiting machine readable medium examples mayinclude solid-state memories, and optical and magnetic media. In anexample, machine readable media may exclude transitory propagatingsignals (e.g., non-transitory machine readable media). Specific examplesof non-transitory machine readable media may include: non-volatilememory, such as semiconductor memory devices (e.g., ElectricallyProgrammable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), Electrically ErasableProgrammable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM)) and flash memory devices;magnetic disks, such as internal hard disks and removable disks;magneto-optical disks; and CD-ROM and DVD-ROM disks.

The instructions 824 may further be transmitted or received over acommunications network 826 using a transmission medium via the networkinterface device 820 utilizing any one of a number of transfer protocols(e.g., frame relay, internet protocol (IP), transmission controlprotocol TCP), user datagram protocol (UDP), hypertext transfer protocol(HTTP), etc.). Example communication networks may include a local areanetwork (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a packet data network (e.g.,the Internet), mobile telephone networks (e.g., cellular networks),Plain Old Telephone (POTS) networks, and wireless data networks (e.g.,Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 familyof standards known as Wi-Fi®, IEEE 802.16 family of standards known asWiMax®, IEEE 802.15.4 family of standards, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks,3^(rd) Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards for 4G and 5Gwireless communication including: 3GPP Long-Term evolution (LTE) familyof standards, 3GPP LTE. Advanced family of standards, 3GPP LTE AdvancedPro family of standards, 3GPP New Radio (NR) family of standards, amongothers. In an example, the network interface device 820 may include oneor more physical jacks (e.g., Ethernet, coaxial, or phone jacks) or oneor more antennas to connect to the communications network 826. In anexample, the network interface device 820 may include a plurality ofantennas to wirelessly communicate using at least one of single-inputmultiple-output (SIM), multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), ormultiple-input single-output (MISO) techniques. The term “transmissionmedium” shall be taken to include any intangible medium that is capableof storing, encoding or carrying instructions for execution by themachine 800, and includes digital or analog communications signals orother intangible medium to facilitate communication of such software.

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Example 1 is a method for trustworthy transfer of ownership andoperation of a peripheral device, the method comprising: embedding anownership manifest in the peripheral device, the manifest includingowner identities and corresponding key values; onboarding the peripheraldevice to a computing device by writing a unique identifier of thecomputing device in the ownership manifest; transferring a uniqueperipheral identifier to the computing device; and allowing datatransfer between the peripheral device and the computing device via abus based on validation of the unique identifier of the computing deviceand a measurement of the unique peripheral identifier of the peripheraldevice.

In Example 2, the subject matter of Example 1 includes, wherein theownership manifest is embedded during manufacturing.

In Example 3, the subject matter of Examples 1-2 includes, writing aunique identifier of a manufacturer of the peripheral device to themanifest during manufacturing.

In Example 4, the subject matter of Example 3 includes, writing uniqueidentifiers of each owner of the peripheral device to the manifestthrough a supply chain between the manufacturer and the current owner.

In Example 5, the subject matter of Examples 1-4 includes, signing theunique identifier of the computing device using a certificate of theperipheral device when writing the unique identifier of the computingdevice to the manifest.

In Example 6, the subject matter of Examples 1-5 includes, transferringthe unique peripheral identifier to a secure onboarding agent of thecomputing device during onboarding.

In Example 7, the subject matter of Examples 1-6 includes, wherein themeasurement of the unique peripheral identifier is generated by atrusted measurement agent of the peripheral device.

In Example 8, the subject matter of Examples 1-7 includes, wherein thevalidation of the unique identifier of the computing device furthercomprises: receiving the unique identifier of the computing device viaan authentication protocol of the bus; and verifying that the receivedunique identifier of the computing device matches the unique identifierof the computing device stored in the manifest.

In Example 9, the subject matter of Examples 1-8 includes, generating alocal peripheral asymmetric key, wherein the local peripheral asymmetrickey includes a hash value of firmware of the peripheral device, andwherein the local peripheral asymmetric key is used to sign the uniqueperipheral identifier as part of a certificate signing request messagedelivered to the computing device.

Example 10 is a peripheral device for trustworthy transfer of ownershipand operation of the peripheral device, the peripheral devicecomprising: processing circuitry; a secure memory device including anownership manifest, the manifest including owner identities andcorresponding key values; and memory including instructions that, whenexecuted by the processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry toperform operations to: onboard the peripheral device to a computingdevice by writing a unique identifier of the computing device in theownership manifest; transfer a unique peripheral identifier to thecomputing device; and allow data transfer between the peripheral deviceand the computing device via a bus based on validation of the uniqueidentifier of the computing device and a measurement of the uniqueperipheral identifier of the peripheral device.

In Example 11, the subject matter of Example 10 includes, wherein theownership manifest is embedded during manufacturing.

In Example 12, the subject matter of Examples 10-11 includes,instructions to write a unique identifier of a manufacturer of theperipheral device to the manifest during manufacturing.

In Example 13, the subject matter of Example 12 includes, instructionsto write unique identifiers of each owner of the peripheral device tothe manifest through a supply chain between the manufacturer and thecurrent owner.

In Example 14, the subject matter of Examples 10-13 includes,instructions to sign the unique identifier of the computing device usinga certificate of the peripheral device when writing the uniqueidentifier of the computing device to the manifest.

In Example 15, the subject matter of Examples 10-14 includes,instructions to transmit the unique peripheral identifier to a secureonboarding agent of the computing device during onboarding.

In Example 16, the subject matter of Examples 10-15 includes, whereinthe measurement of the unique peripheral identifier is generated by atrusted measurement agent of the peripheral device.

In Example 17, the subject matter of Examples 10-16 includes, whereinthe instructions to validate the unique identifier of the computingdevice further comprises instructions to: receive the unique identifierof the computing device via an authentication protocol of the bus; andverify that the received unique identifier of the computing devicematches the unique identifier of the computing device stored in themanifest.

In Example 18, the subject matter of Examples 10-17 includes,instructions to: generate a local peripheral asymmetric key, wherein thelocal peripheral asymmetric key includes a hash value of firmware of theperipheral device, and wherein the local peripheral asymmetric key isused to sign the unique peripheral identifier as part of a certificatesigning request message delivered to the computing device.

Example 19 is at least one machine readable medium includinginstructions for trustworthy transfer of ownership and operation of aperipheral device that, when executed by processing circuitry of theperipheral device, cause the processing circuitry to perform operationsto: embed an ownership manifest in the peripheral device, the manifestincluding owner identities and corresponding key values; onboard theperipheral device to a computing device by writing a unique identifierof the computing device in the ownership manifest; transfer a uniqueperipheral identifier to the computing device; and allow data transferbetween the peripheral device and the computing device via a bus basedon validation of the unique identifier of the computing device and ameasurement of the unique peripheral identifier of the peripheraldevice.

In Example 20, the subject matter of Example 19 includes, wherein theownership manifest is embedded during manufacturing.

In Example 21, the subject matter of Examples 19-20 includes,instructions to write a unique identifier of a manufacturer of theperipheral device to the manifest during manufacturing.

In Example 22, the subject matter of Example 21 includes, instructionsto write unique identifiers of each owner of the peripheral device tothe manifest through a supply chain between the manufacturer and thecurrent owner.

In Example 23, the subject matter of Examples 19-22 includes,instructions to sign the unique identifier of the computing device usinga certificate of the peripheral device when writing the uniqueidentifier of the computing device to the manifest.

In Example 24, the subject matter of Examples 19-23 includes,instructions to transmit the unique peripheral identifier to a secureonboarding agent of the computing device during onboarding.

In Example 25, the subject matter of Examples 19-24 includes, whereinthe measurement of the unique peripheral identifier is generated by atrusted measurement agent of the peripheral device.

In Example 26, the subject matter of Examples 19-25 includes, whereinthe instructions to validate the unique identifier of the computingdevice further comprises instructions to: receive the unique identifierof the computing device via an authentication protocol of the bus; andverify that the received unique identifier of the computing devicematches the unique identifier of the computing device stored in themanifest.

In Example 27, the subject matter of Examples 19-26 includes,instructions to: generate a local peripheral asymmetric key, wherein thelocal peripheral asymmetric key includes a hash value of firmware of theperipheral device, and wherein the local peripheral asymmetric key isused to sign the unique peripheral identifier as part of a certificatesigning request message delivered to the computing device.

Example 28 is a method for trustworthy transfer of ownership andoperation of a peripheral device, the method comprising: receiving, by acomputing device, a unique peripheral identifier from an ownershipmanifest of the peripheral device; transferring the unique peripheralidentifier to a bus controller for a bus between the computing deviceand the peripheral device; receiving a measurement from the peripheraldevice by system firmware of the computing device; generating ameasurement of a computing platform state of the computing device,wherein the measurement indicates peripheral devices interconnected tothe computing device; and allowing data transfer between the peripheraldevice and the computing device via the bus based on validation of themeasurement of the computing platform state against a platformconfiguration register of the computing device.

In Example 29, the subject matter of Example 28 includes, whereinallowing data transfer between the peripheral device and the computingdevice further comprises: transmitting a challenge response to theperipheral device using an authentication protocol of the bus; andallowing the data transfer based in part on validation of a challengeresponse received from the peripheral device.

In Example 30, the subject matter of Examples 28-29 includes, whereinthe unique peripheral identifier is signed with a key of the peripheraldevice.

In Example 31, the subject matter of Examples 28-30 includes, retrievinga platform configuration value from a remote attestation server;comparing the current measurement of the computing platform state to theretrieved platform configuration value; and validating the currentmeasurement of the computing platform state based on the comparison,wherein allowing the data transfer is based at least in part on thevalidation.

In Example 32, the subject matter of Examples 28-31 includes, generatingan initial boot block measurement for the computing platform state ofthe computing device; and extending the initial boot block measurementusing a measurement from the peripheral device, wherein the measurementof the computing platform state is the extended initial boot blockmeasurement.

In Example 33, the subject matter of Example 32 includes, wherein theinitial boot block measurement is generated by a trusted platform moduleof the computing device.

In Example 34, the subject matter of Examples 28-33 includes, whereinthe bus operates according to protocols of an Institute of Electricaland Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1667 standard or a Trusted ComputingGroup (TCG) Opal standard.

In Example 35, the subject matter of Examples 28-34 includes, receivinga local device key issued by a server agent, wherein the local devicekey is used to sign a certificate signing request message received fromthe peripheral device, wherein the certificate signing request messageincludes the unique peripheral identifier signed by the peripheraldevice.

Example 36 is a computing device for trustworthy transfer of ownershipand operation of a peripheral device, the computing device comprising:processing circuitry; and memory including instructions that, whenexecuted by the processor circuitry, cause the processing circuitry toperform operations to: receive a unique peripheral identifier from anownership manifest of the peripheral device; transfer the uniqueperipheral identifier to a bus controller for a bus between a computingdevice and the peripheral device; receive a measurement from theperipheral device by system firmware of the computing device; generate ameasurement of a computing platform state of the computing device,wherein the measurement indicates peripheral devices interconnected tothe computing device; and allow data transfer between the peripheraldevice and the computing device via the bus based on validation of themeasurement of the computing platformsstate against a platformconfiguration register of the computing device.

In Example 37, the subject matter of Example 36 includes, wherein theinstructions to allow data transfer between the peripheral device andthe computing device further comprises instructions to: transmit achallenge response to the peripheral device using an authenticationprotocol of the bus; and allow the data transfer based in part onvalidation of a challenge response received from the peripheral device.

In Example 38, the subject matter of Examples 36-37 includes, whereinthe unique peripheral identifier is signed with a key of the peripheraldevice.

In Example 39, the subject matter of Examples 36-38 includes,instructions to: retrieve a platform configuration value from a remoteattestation server; compare the current measurement of the computingplatform state to the retrieved platform configuration value; andvalidate the current measurement of the computing platform state basedon the comparison, wherein the instructions to allow the data transferinclude using the validation.

In Example 40, the subject matter of Examples 36-39 includes,instructions to: generate an initial boot block measurement for thecomputing platform state of the computing device; and extend the initialboot block measurement using a measurement from the peripheral device,wherein the measurement of the computing platform state is the extendedinitial boot block measurement.

In Example 41, the subject matter of Example 40 includes, wherein theinitial boot block measurement is generated by a trusted platform moduleof the computing device.

In Example 42, the subject matter of Examples 36-41 includes, whereinthe bus operates according to protocols of an Institute of Electricaland Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1667 standard or a Trusted ComputingGroup (TCG) Opal standard.

In Example 43, the subject matter of Examples 36-42 includes,instructions to: receive a local device key issued by a server agent,wherein the local device key is used to sign a certificate signingrequest message received from the peripheral device, wherein thecertificate signing request message includes the unique peripheralidentifier signed by the peripheral device.

Example 44 is at least one machine readable medium includinginstructions for trustworthy transfer of ownership and operation of aperipheral device that, when executed by processing circuitry of acomputing device, cause the processing circuitry to perform operationsto: receive a unique peripheral identifier from an ownership manifest ofthe peripheral device; transfer the unique peripheral identifier to abus controller for a bus between the computing device and the peripheraldevice; receive a measurement from the peripheral device by systemfirmware of the computing device; generate a measurement of a computingplatform state of the computing device, wherein the measurementindicates peripheral devices interconnected to the computing device; andallow data transfer between the peripheral device and the computingdevice via the bus based on validation of the measurement of thecomputing platform state against a platform configuration register ofthe computing device.

In Example 45, the subject matter of Example 44 includes, wherein theinstructions to allow data transfer between the peripheral device andthe computing device further comprises instructions to: transmit achallenge response to the peripheral device using an authenticationprotocol of the bus; and allow the data transfer based in part onvalidation of a challenge response received from the peripheral device.

In Example 46, the subject matter of Examples 44-45 includes, whereinthe unique peripheral identifier is signed with a key of the peripheraldevice.

In Example 47, the subject matter of Examples 44-46 includes,instructions to: retrieve a platform configuration value from a remoteattestation server; compare the current measurement of the computingplatform state to the retrieved platform configuration value; andvalidate the current measurement of the computing platform state basedon the comparison, wherein the instructions to allow the data transferinclude using the validation.

In Example 48, the subject matter of Examples 44-47 includes,instructions to: generate an initial boot block measurement for thecomputing platform state of the computing device; and extend the initialboot block measurement using a measurement from the peripheral device,wherein the measurement of the computing platform state is the extendedinitial boot block measurement.

In Example 49, the subject matter of Example 48 includes, wherein theinitial boot block measurement is generated by a trusted platform moduleof the computing device.

In Example 50, the subject matter of Examples 44-49 includes, whereinthe bus operates according to protocols of an Institute of Electricaland Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1667 standard or a Trusted ComputingGroup (TCG) Opal standard.

In Example 51, the subject matter of Examples 44-50 includes,instructions to: receive a local device key issued by a server agent,wherein the local device key is used to sign a certificate signingrequest message received from the peripheral device, wherein thecertificate signing request message includes the unique peripheralidentifier signed by the peripheral device.

Example 52 is at least one machine-readable medium includinginstructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, cause theprocessing circuitry to perform operations to implement of any ofExamples 1-51.

Example 53 is an apparatus comprising respective means to implement ofany of Examples 1-51.

Example 54 is a system to implement of any of Examples 1-51.

Example 55 is a method to implement of any of Examples 1-51.

The above detailed description includes references to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of the detailed description. The drawingsshow, by way of illustration, specific embodiments that may bepracticed. These embodiments are also referred to herein as “examples.”Such examples may include elements in addition to those shown ordescribed. However, the present inventors also contemplate examples inwhich only those elements shown or described are provided. Moreover, thepresent inventors also contemplate examples using any combination orpermutation of those elements shown or described (or one or more aspectsthereof), either with respect to a particular example (or one or moreaspects thereof), or with respect to other examples (or one or moreaspects thereof) shown or described herein.

All publications, patents, and patent documents referred to in thisdocument are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety, asthough individually incorporated by reference. In the event ofinconsistent usages between this document and those documents soincorporated by reference, the usage in the incorporated reference(s)should be considered supplementary to that of this document; forirreconcilable inconsistencies, the usage in this document controls.

In this document, the terms “a” or “an” are used, as is common in patentdocuments, to include one or more than one, independent of any otherinstances or usages of “at least one” or “one or more.” In thisdocument, the term “or” is used to refer to a nonexclusive or, such that“A or B” includes “A but not B,” “B but not A,” and “A and B,” unlessotherwise indicated. In the appended claims, the terms “including” and“in which” are used as the plain-English equivalents of the respectiveterms “comprising” and “wherein.” Also, in the following claims, theterms “including” and “comprising” are open-ended, that is, a system,device, article, or process that includes elements in addition to thoselisted after such a term in a claim are still deemed to fall within thescope of that claim. Moreover, in the following claims, the terms“first,” “second,” and “third,” etc. are used merely as labels, and arenot intended to impose numerical requirements on their objects.

The above description is intended to be illustrative, and notrestrictive. For example, the above-described examples (or one or moreaspects thereof) may be used in combination with each other. Otherembodiments may be used, such as by one of ordinary skill in the artupon reviewing the above description. The Abstract is to allow thereader to quickly ascertain the nature of the technical disclosure andis submitted with the understanding that it will not be used tointerpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. Also, in theabove Detailed Description, various features may be grouped together tostreamline the disclosure. This should not be interpreted as intendingthat an unclaimed disclosed feature is essential to any claim. Rather,inventive subject matter may lie in less than all features of aparticular disclosed embodiment. Thus, the following claims are herebyincorporated into the Detailed Description, with each claim standing onits own as a separate embodiment. The scope of the embodiments should bedetermined with reference to the appended claims, along with the fullscope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.

What is claimed is:
 1. A computing device for trustworthy transfer ofownership and operation of a peripheral device, the computing devicecomprising: processing circuitry; and memory including instructionsthat, when executed by the processor circuitry, cause the processingcircuitry to perform operations to: receive a unique peripheralidentifier from an ownership manifest of the peripheral device; transferthe unique peripheral identifier to a bus controller for a bus between acomputing device and the peripheral device; receive a measurement fromthe peripheral device by system firmware of the computing device;generate a measurement of a computing platform state of the computingdevice, wherein the measurement indicates peripheral devicesinterconnected to the computing device; and allow data transfer betweenthe peripheral device and the computing device via the bus based onvalidation of the measurement of the computing platform state against aplatform configuration register of the computing device, wherein theinstructions to allow data transfer between the peripheral device andthe computing device further comprises instructions to: transmit achallenge response to the peripheral device using an authenticationprotocol of the bus; and allow the data transfer based in part onvalidation of a challenge response received from the peripheral device.2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the unique peripheralidentifier is signed with a key of the peripheral device.
 3. Thecomputing device of claim 1, further comprising instructions to:retrieve a platform configuration value from a remote attestationserver; compare the current measurement of the computing platform stateto the retrieved platform configuration value; and validate the currentmeasurement of the computing platform state based on the comparison,wherein the instructions to allow the data transfer include using thevalidation.
 4. The computing device of claim 1, further comprisinginstructions to: generate an initial boot block measurement for thecomputing platform state of die computing device; and extend the initialboot block measurement using a measurement from the peripheral device,wherein the measurement of the computing platform state is the extendedinitial boot block measurement.
 5. The computing device of claim 4,wherein the initial boot block measurement is generated by a trustedplatform module of the computing device.
 6. The computing device ofclaim 1, wherein the bus operates according to protocols of an Instituteof Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1667 standard or aTrusted Computing Group (TCG) Opal standard.
 7. The computing device ofclaim 1, further comprising instructions to: receive a local device keyissued by a server agent, wherein the local device key is used to sign acertificate signing request message received from the peripheral device,wherein the certificate signing request message includes the uniqueperipheral identifier signed by the peripheral device.
 8. At least onenon-transitory machine readable medium including instructions fortrustworthy transfer of ownership and operation of a peripheral devicethat, when executed by processing circuitry of a computing device, causethe processing circuitry to perform operations to: receive a uniqueperipheral identifier from an ownership manifest of h peripheral device;transfer the unique peripheral identifier to a bus controller for a busbetween the computing device and the peripheral device; receive ameasurement from the peripheral device by system firmware of thecomputing device; generate a measurement of a computing platform stateof the computing device, wherein the measurement indicates peripheraldevices interconnected to the computing device; and allow data transferbetween the peripheral device and the computing device via the bus basedon validation of the measurement of the computing platform state againsta platform configuration register of the computing device, wherein theinstructions to allow data transfer between the peripheral device andthe computing device further comprises instructions to: transmit achallenge response to the peripheral device using an authenticationprotocol of the bus; and allow the data transfer based in part onvalidation of a challenge response received from the peripheral device.9. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 1, furthercomprising instructions to: retrieve a platform configuration value froma remote attestation server; compare the current measurement of thecomputing platform state to the retrieved platform configuration value;and validate the current measurement of the computing platform statebased on the comparison, wherein the instructions to allow the datatransfer include using the validation.
 10. The at least one machinereadable medium of claim 8, further comprising instructions to: generatean initial boot block measurement for the computing platform state ofthe computing device; and extend the initial boot block measurementusing a measurement from the peripheral device, wherein the measurementof the computing platform state is the extended initial boot blockmeasurement.
 11. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 10,wherein the initial boot block measurement is generated by a trustedplatform module of the computing device.
 12. A method for trustworthytransfer of ownership and operation of a peripheral device, the methodcomprising: receiving, by a computing device, a unique peripheralidentifier from an ownership manifest of the peripheral device;transferring the unique peripheral identifier to a bus controller for abus between the computing device and the peripheral device; receiving ameasurement from the peripheral device by system firmware of thecomputing device; generating a measurement of a computing platform stateof the computing device, wherein the measurement indicates peripheraldevices interconnected to the computing device; and allowing datatransfer between the peripheral device and the computing device via thebus based on validation of the measurement of the computing platformstate against a platform configuration register of the computing device,wherein the instructions to allow data transfer between the peripheraldevice and the computing device further comprises instructions to:transmit a challenge response to the peripheral device using anauthentication protocol of the bus; and allow the data transfer based inpart on validation of a challenge response received from the peripheraldevice.
 13. The method of claim 12, further comprising: retrieving aplatform configuration value from a remote attestation server; comparingthe current measurement of the computing platform state to the retrievedplatform configuration value; and validating the current measurement ofthe computing platform state based on the comparison, wherein allowingthe data transfer is based at least in part on the validation.
 14. Themethod of claim 12, further comprising: generating an initial boot blockmeasurement for the computing platform state of the computing device;and extending the initial boot block measurement using a measurementfrom the peripheral device, wherein the measurement of the computingplatform state is the extended initial boot block measurement.
 15. Themethod of claim 12, wherein the bus operates according to protocols ofan Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1667standard or a Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Opal standard.
 16. Aperipheral device for trustworthy transfer of ownership and operation ofthe peripheral device, the peripheral device comprising: processingcircuitry; a secure memory device including an ownership manifest, themanifest including owner identities and corresponding key values; andmemory including instructions that, when executed by the processingcircuitry, cause the processing circuitry to perform operations to:onboard the peripheral device to a computing device by writing a uniqueidentifier of the computing device in the ownership manifest; transfer aunique peripheral identifier to the computing device; and allow datatransfer between the peripheral device and the computing device via abus based on validation of the unique identifier of the computing deviceand a measurement of the unique peripheral identifier of the peripheraldevice, wherein the instructions to allow data transfer between theperipheral device and the computing device further comprisesinstructions to: transmit a challenge response to the peripheral deviceusing an authentication protocol of the bus; and allow the data transferbased in part on validation of a challenge response received from theperipheral device.
 17. The peripheral device of claim 16, furthercomprising instructions to write a unique identifier of a manufacturerof the peripheral device to the manifest during manufacturing.
 18. Theperipheral device of claim 17, further comprising instructions to writeunique identifiers of each owner of the peripheral device to themanifest through a supply chain between the manufacturer and the currentowner.
 19. The peripheral device of claim 16, further comprisinginstructions to sign the unique identifier of the computing device usinga certificate of the peripheral device when writing the uniqueidentifier of the computing device to the manifest.
 20. The peripheraldevice of claim 16, farther comprising instructions to transmit theunique peripheral identifier to a secure onboarding agent of thecomputing device during onboarding.
 21. The peripheral device of claim16, wherein the measurement of the unique peripheral identifier isgenerated by a trusted measurement agent of the peripheral device. 22.The peripheral device of claim 16, in the instructions to validate theunique identifier of the computing device further comprises instructionsto: receive the unique identifier of the computing device via anauthentication protocol of the bus; and verify that the received uniqueidentifier of the computing device matches the unique identifier of thecomputing device stored in the manifest.
 23. The peripheral device ofclaim 16, further comprising instructions to: generate a localperipheral asymmetric key, wherein the local peripheral asymmetric keyincludes a hash value of firmware of the peripheral device, and whereinthe local peripheral asymmetric key is used to sign the uniqueperipheral identifier as part of a certificate signing request messagedelivered to the computing device.